i think it absolutely can present an opening. the house democratic majority will now be operating from a position of strength, and we have articulated a set of issues we think there are bipartisan avenues of support available to getting something done. the president has said he wants to lower the high cost of prescription drugs. we have said that. we want to lead the way and make sure that we can get something done. we need a real infrastructure plan. we have one. $1 trillion. it would create 16 million good paying jobs. hopefully we can meet the president halfway there toward what he would like to accomplish, and he ll come toward our view of the world and really fixing our crumbling bridges, roads and tunnels. if he can get some bipartisan cooperation like that, i think the american people would be very, very pleased, especially in those areas you just discussed where there potentially is some good cooperation. congressman jeffries, thank you so much for joining us. thanks as a
as opposed to an agenda to help the american people might put those very same seats that they just won to get the majority in jeopardy. sandra: how is that going to play out for you now? we were very clear in what we said to the american people we would do if they gave us the opportunity to govern. that would be to try to drive down the high cost of prescription drugs, to work across the aisle in a bipartisan fashion to fix our crumbling bridges, roads and tunnels. there is a real opportunity for infratrack tour plan. trump has said it s something we should do for america and he said we should drain the stop. we agree. sandra: some suggestion that nancy pelosi is stealing that line of sorts. are you suggesting it is a realistic thing to think that democrats in the house are going to work with the president here on his agenda? i think that the american people have said there should be divided government.
roads, bridges and highways. retro-fitting crumbling bridges. infrastructure to put people to work. this is what i had to deal with to secure republican votes. so i have worked with republicans and accomplished major policies that have grown the economy. that s a lot different from actually confirming republican trump appointees in washington, d.c. that are currently dismantling the federal government as we know it today. i have the ability, the proven track record working across the aisle with republicans. we ll be watching what happens in the state of california. appreciate your time, kevin de leon. thank you very much. still to come, south korea urging the u.s. to consider talking with north korea to tamp down nuclear tensions. what the president is now saying about that idea. your only worry. will be how to drink this monstrosity. get help with hotels, free twenty-four-hour flight changes, and our price match guarantee.
following the explosive revelations in a new book. we ve got some answers haud s that. plus, infrastructure solution. a former member of president obama s cabinet will join me and explain his fix for america s crumbling bridges, highways, and power grid. but we begin with new details over the fallout from the book fire and fury. today, surrogates for mr. trump are lashing out against the book s author, michael wolff. this author is, you know, just a liar. he is somebody who s made these stories up a lot and he admits it right in the beginning of the book. this is a fraudster. this is a fraud of a book. the president has had to put up with the fake news if tfor the year. meanwhile, america s british allies is also coming to mr. trump s defense. in the states, there are quite serious questions being raised by some people about his mental state. do you think they re serious? as i say, when i deal with
the single most effective tv ad of the entire 2016 campaign. roll tape. it will be american steel, justike the american steel that built the empire state building, that will fortify america s crumbling bridges. it will be american steel that rebuilds our inner cities. it will be american steel that sends our skyscrapers soaring. that ad, which ran in heavy rotation in states like ohio, wis wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, states that donald trump wound up winning, was put out last year by the rebuilding america now pac. its top donors were not american workers but billionaire friends of donald trump, like linda mcmahon, who s now heading the federal small business administration. another big donor was the geo group, a private prison company that runs dozens of prisons and immigrant detention centers and whose stock has nearly doubled